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Hi. I have been doing some research on climate change lately and I was curious if any one can give me any info on geo -engineering or solar radiation management or if anyone here even knows that its happening. Any input will be appreciated. Thanks

Not that I need to explain anything to you Jesse, but last night on the Cola-Grads site there was a hot spell forecasted for next week. It is gone today however. Jesse this is supposed to be a site dedicated to the open and free exchange of ideas. Not to bash somebodies comments. If your goal is to provoke me into an online outburst you have failed. I really do feel sorry for you Jesse. Maybe you should seek professional help with your hostility issues. I really do wish you well, and if you feel the need to belittle me I understand. Your friend WEATHERDAN, peace.

No hostility issues here, friend. 🙂 I just appreciate honesty. When you’re dishonest and make up forecasts it confuses people, like what happened today. I hope you find your way as well and do your best to work on the fibbing issue. The weather is going to do what it’s going to do, making up stories about what’s going to happen won’t change anything.

It just doesn’t get much better than this. Wall to wall sunshine in Salem on Sunday and a high of 80 degrees. This week could be interesting with an upper low moving into our area from the southwest. Looks pretty weak though, so my bet for us is just some mid level clouds. Better chance for convection over the Cascades and further East. Then next week looks like another hot spell. If August is as hot as July this will be the hottest summer in Salem since 1967. I was 13 that summer and started keeping a daily weather journal which I have kept every day since then. That’s 46 years of weather record keeping, not bad. I have since gone and researched Salem’s weather records all the way back to 1892 when the weather bureau started keeping them. An insane hobby, but one that I thoroughly enjoy. Have a pleasant week fellow weather geeks, and let’s hope we see some active weather this week.

Spent a long weekend in the Baker City area. One cloud spat a few rain drops on Friday afternoon, other than that it was dry. Temperatures ranged from 100 on Friday afternoon in Cove to freezing (no thermometer with me, but there was frost) this morning at Anthony Lakes.

It’s a fascinating place to visit, but glad I live someplace where it’s lush and green and the temperatures are moderate.

…I lived in North Powder for years, have friends in Cove, used to be lift supervisor at A-Lakes…i’ve seen it 45 below, i’ve seen it insanely hot…like the bottom of hell’s canyon….and it’s never boring around there…lush and green is nice, but for weather excitement, N.E. oregon is a fine place….

THE UPPER LOW OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL HAVE MOVED WELL INTO
CENTRAL CANADA BY MONDAY BUT NOT BEFORE SEEING A PIECE OF ENERGY
BREAK OFF THE WESTERN EDGE TO FORM ANOTHER CLOSED LOW OVER VANCOUVER
ISLAND. THIS WILL GIVE THE NOW FLATTENED RIDGE A CHANCE TO BUILD
BACK NORTH OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES FOR INCREASING HEIGHTS AND
SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES FOR OUR REGION. AS THE NEW LOW BEGINS
SLIDING SOUTHWEST TO SOME PLACE OFF THE PACNW COAST…FLOW WILL
TURN A BIT MORE SOUTHWESTERLY. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS ARE SHOWING
SIGNS OF A DEVELOPING UPPER WAVE CROSSING THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT.
WILL WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS FEATURE AS IT COULD SIGNAL
OVERNIGHT THUNDER POTENTIAL IF ENOUGH MOISTURE GETS ENTRAINED IN THE
FLOW. THIS MAY NOT BE ALL THAT HAD TO DO GIVEN TROPICAL STORM
FLOSSIE IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND ABUNDANT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IN
THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PACIFIC. /JBONK

.LONG TERM…TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY…NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME BUT
WILL WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON POTENTIAL FOR A SECOND…AND POSSIBLY
STRONGER…DEVELOPING UPPER WAVE BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY
NIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE ECMWF IS SHOWING THE PATTERN FOR CONVECTION
AS IT DIGS THE UPPER LOW FURTHER SOUTH OFF THE OREGON COAST THAN THE
GFS. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. THE TROUGH AXIS DEEPENS OFFSHORE
WILL RIDGING INCREASES IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. THIS TURNS THE
FLOW SOUTHWESTERLY…GIVING US A WARMUP TO JUST SHY OF NORMAL..UPPER
70S TO LOW 80S.
I’ll believe it when I see it!

So this week has been significantly warmer than anticipated. Today was supposed to be 2 to 4 degrees cooler than yesterday…here in Salem is was the warmest day yet at 95 degrees! Eugene has been in the 90s for six straight days, including two days at 96.

Does anyone else have swarms of fruit flies? Like extra tons of them? In the house? I’ve never seen them like this before. Guess I’m hoping that they’re just partying down before our snowy winter hits!

Check the soil of any potted plants you have in the house. Years ago I had a similar problem and traced it to potting soil… the little buggers like to hang out & breed where there’s any decaying organic matter, and unfortunately that includes moist potting soil. A quick Google search will provide some simple home remedies for this problem. Good luck!

At 3:00 PM Salem is sunny with a temperature of 92 degrees. Our humidity is down to 18% under NE winds. The last two days we have been 94 degrees. So with the 92 so far today we have our second heat wave of the summer. This is the 10th time this summer we have hit at least 90 degrees.Once again we are running about 5 degrees warmer than Portland.

00z GFS text has .93″ of rain in the extended at KTTD. Had a heat wave at 12z during the same period. A little early for fall model indecision. 18z in between was the same as what we have seen the last few weeks.

SYNOPSIS…THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH HIGH PRESSURE REMAINING OVER THE AREA AND LOWER PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. THERE WILL BE SUBTLE VARIATIONS IN TEMPERATURES…WINDS…AND SKY COVER…BUT ONSHORE WINDS…NOCTURNAL MARINE STRATUS PUSHES…AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST.

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